Paste pot or jar.



No. 703,024. Patented June 24,1902. m. J. WADE.

PASTE POT 0R JAR.

(Application filed Apr. 5, 1902) (No Model.)

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MARTIN J. YVADE, OF IOIVA CITY, IO\VA.

PASTE POT OR JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,024, dated June 24,1902.

Application filed April 5, 1902.- Serial No. 101,482. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN J. WADE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Iowa City, in the county of Johnson and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paste Pots or Jars; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The present invention has relation to that class of paste pots orjars inwhich is employed an outer vessel or receptacle for containing water andan inner vessel or paste-holder located therein and surrounded by thewater, whereby the paste in the holder will be prevented from hardeningor caking through the medium of the moisture caused by evaporation,which is brought in contact with the paste and prevents the same fromhardening and caking and retains it in the proper condition for use.

The invention consists in a paste pot or jar constructed substantiallyas shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a side elevation of a paste pot or jarembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the outer vessel orreceptacle of the paste pot or jar, and B the cover thereof, which isprovided with the downwardly-extending screw-flange a, adapted to engagea screw-flange b at the top of the vessel or receptacle. This outervessel or receptable A is for the purpose of containing water and may beconstructed of glass, earthenware, metal, or any other suitable materialfound best adapted to the purpose and may be of any size and shapeconsidered preferable, and the cover B is preferably of metal, but maybe constructed of any other material found most desirable.

The cover B has a central opening for the paste-brush, and said openingis surrounded by an upwardly-extending flange c to form a guide for acentral cap 0 to close the opening in the cover when the paste pot orjar is not in use, and also the cap is held in position over the openingby the upwardly-extending flange, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The paste-holder I) is constructed of a porous material, such as clay orany material or substance that will allow a free percolationtherethrough of the water or moisture, said holder being centered in thevessel or receptacle A by means of the depression cl in the bottomthereof, or any other means may be employed to retain the holder in itsproper position with relation to the vessel or receptacle. Thepaste-holder D being formed of aporous material, such as clay, enablesthe water and moisture to percolate through the side wall thereof andcome in contact with the paste uniformly throughout its bulk, therebyretainin g the paste in a moist condition and uniform consistency. Thepaste-holder D is of a height uniform with the interior height of thereceptacle A, so that the upper edge e of the wall of the paste-holderwill be on a line and flush with the edge of the screw-flange h. Theedge of the screw-flange b and the edge 6 coming on line with each otherenables the packing f to rest thereon and close all communicationbetween the water-space of the outer vessel or receptacle and theopening at the top of the paste-holder, causing the water and moistureto pass through the pores of the wall of the paste-holder into theinterior and through the paste from top to bottom thereof. The packing fis held down tightly against the edge e and the edge of the screwflangeb by means of the cover B, so that there is no possibility of the waterspilling into the paste-holder should the paste pot or jar becomeaccidentally overturned.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A paste pot or jar comprising an outer vessel or receptacle forcontaining the water and an inner vessel or holder for the pastecomposed of a porous material, the upper edges of both the outer vesselor receptacle and the inner vessel or paste-holder being flush and online with each other, a packing resting on the edges and closingcommunication between In testimony that I claim the above I have thewater-space of the outer vessel or recephereunto subscribed my name inthe presence [0 tacle and the interior of the vessel or pasteof twowitnesses.

holder, a cover to hold the packing in place and having a centralopening with upwardly- MARTIN XVADE extending flange, and a cap to closethe open- Witnesses: ing in the cover, substantially as and for the WV.J. XVEEBER, purpose described. J. SWITZER.

